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ENTENNIAL COMMISSION 



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Copies of Acts of Congress 



Office of the Commission : 

904, WALNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA 

May, 1873. 



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Mclaughlin brothers, 

PRINTERS, 

112 and 114 South Third Street, 
Philadelphia. 



OFFICERS. 



President : 

HON. JOSEPH R.HAWLEY. 



Vice-Presidents : 

HON. ALFRED T. GOSHORN, 
ORESTES CLEVELAND, 
WM. M. BYRD, 
JOHN D. CREIGH, 
DAVID ATWOOD, 
THOMAS H. COLDWELL. 



Director General: 

HON. ALFRED T. GOSHORN. 



Secretary : 

HON. JOHN L. CAMPBELL. 



Counsellor and Solicitor: 

JOHN L. SHOEMAKER, ESQ. 

6ll VINE STREET, PHILADELPHIA. 



STANDING COMMITTEES. 



Executive Committee. 

DANIEL J. MOBBELL, Pennsylvania. 

ALFRED T. GOSHOBN, Ohio. 

WALTER W. WOOD, Virginia. 

GEORGE B. LOBING, Massachusetts. 

CHARLES EL MARSHALL, New York. 

JAMES T. EARLE ■ . Maryland. 

GEORGE H. CORLISS Rhode Island. 

JOHN G. STEVENS, New Jersey. 

ALEXANDER R. BOTELEB, West Virginia, 

RICHARD C. McCORMICK, Arizona. 

WM. HENRY PARSONS, Texas. 

LEWIS WALN SMITH, Georgia. 

JOHN LYNCH, Louisiana. 



Committee on Plans and Architecture. 

ALFRED T. GOSHORN Ohio. 

WM. HENRY PARSONS. Texas. 

ORESTES CLEVELAND . . . . . . New Jersey. 

ASA PACKER, Pennsylvania. 

EZEK1EL A. STRAW N. Hampshire. 

JAMES E. DEXTER Dist. Columbia. 

ROBEBT H. LAMBOBN, Wyoming. 



Committee on Tariffs and Transportation. 

O. C. FRENCH, . . Mississippi. 

DAVID M. BOYD, Jr Indiana. 

JAMES T. EABLE Maryland. 

JOSHUA NYE, Maine. 

WILLIAM F. PBOSSEB, . . . . . . Tennessee. 

JOHN H. WICKIZEB, . . . . . . Utah. 

ASA P. CATE, N. Hampshire. 



Committee on Finance. 



ASA PACKER, 
JAMES BIRNEY, 
JOHN W. DAVIS. 
WILLIAM M. BYED, 
JOHN S. ADAMS, 
FREDERICK L. MATTHEWS, 
J. MARSHALL PAUL, 



Pennsylvania. 

Michigan. 

Maryland. 

Alabama. 

Florida. 

Illinois. 

Colorado. 






Committee on Foreign Affairs. 

JOHN L. CAMPBELL, Indiana. 

JOHN G. STEVENS New Jersey. 

LEWIS WALN SMITH, Georgia. 

CHARLES P. KIMBALL, Maine. 

ROBERT H. LAMBORN Wyoming. 

ANDREW J. SWEENEY, Wes: Virginia. 

RICHARD C. McCORMICK Arizona. 



Committee on Opening Ceremonies. 

FREDERICK L. MATTHEWS Illinois. 

SAMUEL POWEL, Rhode Island. 

HENRY S. MOODY, Nebraska. 

JOHN McNEIL, Missouri. 

H. LATHAM, Wyoming. 

GEORGE A. BATCHELDER, Dakota. 

COKER F. CLARKSON, Iowa. 



Committee on Legislation. 



richard c. Mccormick, 

DAVID AT WOOD, 
WILLIAM F. PROSSER, . 
ALEXANDER R. BOTELER, 
LAWRENCE A. GOBRIGHT, 
THOMAS DONALDSON, . 
E. W. GANTT, 



Arizona. 

Wisconsin. 

Tennessee. 

West Virginia. 

Dist. Columbia. 

Idaho. 

Arkansas. 



Committee on Classification. 

WILLIAM P. BLAKE Connecticut. 

SAMUEL HAYS, Missouri. 

JONATHAN W. ALBERTSON, .... North Carolina. 

JOHN A. MARTIN. Kansas. 

JOHN H. RODNEY, Delaware. 

EDWARD D. HOLTON, Wisconsin. 

EDWARD PENINGTON, Louisiana. 



Committee on Nomination of Secretaries of Departments. 



JONATHAN W. ALBERTSON, 
MIDDLETON GOLDSMITH, . 
JOHN DUNBAR CREIGH, 
JOHN W. DAVIS, 
GEORGE H. CORLISS, 



North Carolina. 
Vermont. 
California. 
Maryland. 
Rhode Island. 



Committee on Arts and Sciences. 

GEORGE B. LORING, Massachusetts. 

JAMES BIKNEY Michigan. 

MIDDLETON GOLDSMITH, Vermont. 

SMITH M. HOBBS, Kentucky. 

OSCAR G. SAWYER, . ' Utah. 

J. T. BERNARD, Florida. 

LAWRENCE A. GOBRIGHT, Dist. Columbia. 



Committee on Manufactures 

EZEKIEL A. STRAW, 
DANIEL J. MORRELL, 
WILLIAM B. SPOONER, 
WILSON W. GRIFFITH, 
JOHN W. DAVIS, 
GEORGE A. CRAWFORD 
JAMES W. HAINES, 



N. Hampshire. 

Pennsylvania. 

Massachusetts. 

Ohio. 

Maryland. 

Kansas. 

Nevada. 



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Committee on History, Literature, and Popular Education. 

DAVID ATWOOD, Wisconsin. 

ALEXANDER R. BOTELER, West Virginia. 

JOHN V. L. PEUYN, New York. 

JOHN LYNCH, . . . ' Louisiana. 

J. FLETCHER WILLIAMS, Minnesota. 

EL WOOD EVANS Washington T. 

THOMAS H. COLD WELL, Tennessee. 



Committee on Commerce. 

CHARLES H. MARSHALL, New York. 

CHARLES P. KIMBALL Maine. 

WALTER W. WOOD, Virginia. 

CLAUDIUS B. GRANT, Michigan. 

JAMES L. COOPER, Alabama. 

ANDREW J. DUFUR, Oregon. 

JOHN McNEIL, Missouri. 



Committee on Agriculture and Live Stock. 

ROBERT LOWRY Iowa. 

ANDREW J. DUFUR, Oregon. 

N. C. MEEKER, Colorado. 

ROBERT MALLORY, Kentucky. 

ELDR1DGEW. LITTLE, New Mexico. 

LAWRENCE WELDON, Illinois. 

ARCHIBALD CAMERON, South Carolina. 



Committee on Mines and Mining. 

WILLIAM WIRT McCOY Nevada. 

THOMAS DONALDSON, Idaho. 

J. D. CREIGH, . California. 

JOHN WASSON, Arizona. 

J. MARSHALL PAUL, Colorado. 

SAMUEL HAYS, Missouri. 

WILLIAM H. CLAGETT, Montana. 



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Committee on Horticulture and Floriculture. 

THOMAS H. COLDWELL, Tennessee. 

JAMES W. HAINES, . . ■ Nevada. 

EDWARD PENJNGTON, Louisiana, 

E. W. GANTT, Arkansas. 

CHARLES P. KIMBALL, Maine. 

R. W. FURNAS, Nebraska. 

J. T. BERNARD, Florida. 



Committee on Fisheries and Fish Culture. 

MIDDLETON GOLDSMITH, Vermont. 

ELWOOD EVANS Washington Tr. 

JOHN H. WICKIZER, Utah. 

EDWARD D. HOLTON, Wisconsin. 

JAMES E. DEXTER, Dist. Columbia. 

JOHN S. ADAMS Florida. 

WILLIAM H. PARSONS, Texas. 






MEMBERS. 



ALABAMA. 
William M. Byrd, Commissioner. 

Selma. 

James L. Cooper, Alternate. 

Huntsville. 



ARIZONA. 

Richard C. McCormick, Co?nmissioner. 

Washington, D. C. 

John Wasson, Alternate. 

Tucson. 



ARKANSAS. 

E. W. Gantt, Commissioner. 

Little Rock. 

Alexander McDonald, Alternate. 

Little Rock. 



CALIFORNIA. 
John Dunbar Creigh, Commissioner. 

No. 714 Shotwell St., San Francisco. 

John Middleton, Alternate. 

509 Montgomery St., San Francisco. 



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COLORADO. 

J. Marshall Paul, Commissioner. 

Fair Play. 

N. C. Meeker, Alternate. 

Greeley. 

CONNECTICUT. 
Joseph R. Hawley, Co??imissioner. 

Hartford. 

Wm. Phipps Blake, Alternate. 

New Haven. 



DAKOTA. 

George A. Batchelder, Commissioner. 

Yankton, Dakota. 

Solomon L. Spink, Alternate. 

Yankton. 

DELAWARE. 
Henry F. Askew, Co?nmissioner. 

Wilmington. 

John H. Rodney, Alternate. 

New Castle. 



DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 
James E. Dexter, . Commissioner. 

322 4.54 Street, N. W., Washington. 

Lawrence A. Gobright, Alternate. 

Washington. 



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FLORIDA. 
John S. Adams, Commissioner. 

Jacksonville. 

J. T. Bernard, Alternate. 

Tallahassee. 



GEORGIA. 
Commissioner. 

Lewis Waln Smith, Alternate. 

Philadelphia, Penna. 
IDAHO. 

Thomas Donaldson, Commissioner. 

Boise City. 

James S. Reynolds, Alternate. 

Boise City. 
ILLINOIS. 

Frederick L. Matthews, Commissioner. 

Carlinsville. 

Lawrence Weldon, Alternate. 

Bloomington. 
INDIANA. 

John L. Campbell, Commissioner. 

Crawfordsville. 

David M. Boyd, Jr., Alternate. 

Philadelphia, Penna. 






IOWA. 
Robert Lowry, Commissioner. 

Davenport. 

Coker F. Clarkson, Alternate. 

Eldora, Hardin Co. 

KANSAS. 
John A. Martin, Commissioner. 

Atchison. 

George A. Crawford, Alternate. 

Fort Scott. 






KENTUCKY. 
Robert Mallory, Commissioner. 

La Grange. 

Smith M. Hobbs, Alternate. 

Mt. Washington. 



LOUISIANA. 
John Lynch, Commissioner. 

Lock Box 980, New Orleans. 

Edward Penington Alternate. 

Philadelphia, Penna. 

MAINE. 

Joshua Nye, Co?nmissioner. 

Augusta. 

Charles P. Kimball, Alternate, 

Portland. 



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MARYLAND. 
James T. Earle, Commissioner. 

Centreville, Queen Anne County. 

John W. Davis, • . . Alternate. 

25 N. Calvert St., Baltimore. 

MASSACHUSETTS. 
George B. Loring, Commissioner. 

Salem. 

William B. Spooner, Alternate. 

Boston. 



MICHIGAN. 
James Birney, Commissioner. 

Bay City. 

Claudius B. Grant, Alternate. 

Ann Arbor. 

MINNESOTA. 
J. Fletcher Williams, Commissioner. 

St. Paul. 

W. W. Folwell, Alternate. 

St. Anthony. 
MISSISSIPPI. 

O. C. French, Commissioner. 

Jackson. 
Alternate. 






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MISSOURI. 
John McNeil, Commissioner. 

Compton Hills, St. Louis. 

Samuel Hays, . '. Alternate. 

St. Joseph. 
MONTANA. 

William H. Clagett, Commissioner. 

Deer Lodge City. 

Patrick A. Largey, Alternate. 

Virginia City. 

NEBRASKA. 
Henry S. Moody, Commissioner. 

Omaha. 

R. W. Furnas, Alternate. 

Brownsville. 



NEVADA. 
Wm. Wirt McCoy, Commissioner. 

Eureka, Lander County. 

James W. Haines, Alternate. 



NEW HAMPSHIRE. 
Ezekiel A. Straw, ....... Commissioner. 

Manchester. 

Asa P. Cate, Alternate. 

Northfield. 



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NEW JERSEY. 
Orestes Cleveland, Commissioner. 

Jersey City. 

John G. Stevens, Alternate. 

Trenton. 



NEW MEXICO. 

Eldridge W. Little, Commissioner. 

' Santa Fe. 



NEW YORK. 
John V. L. Pruyn, Commissioner. 

Albany. 

Charles H. Marshall, Alternate. 

New York City. 



NORTH CAROLINA. 
Commissioner 



Jonathan W. Albertson, Alternate. 

Hertford, Perquimans County. 



OHIO. 

Alfred T. Goshorn, .....".. Commissioner. 

Cincinnati. 

Wilson W. Griffith, Alternate. 



Toledo. 



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OREGON. 
James W. Virtue, Commissioner. 

Baker City. 

Andrew J. Dufur, Alternate. 

Portland. 



PENNSYLVANIA. 
Daniel J. Morrell, Commissioner. 

Johnstown. 

Asa Packer, Alternate. 

Mauch Chunk. 

RHODE ISLAND. 
George A. Corliss, Commissioner. 

Providence. 

Samuel Powel, Alternate. 

Newport. 

SOUTH CAROLINA. 
Commissioner. 

Archibald Cameron, Alternate. 

Charleston. 

TENNESSEE. 
Thomas H. Coldwell, . . . \ . . Commissioner. 

Shelbyville, Bedford County. 

William F. Prosser, Alternate. 

Nashville. 









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TEXAS. 

William Henry Parsons, Commissioner 

New York City. 



UTAH.' 

John H. Wickizer, Commissioner. 

Salt Lake City. 

Oscar G. Sawyer, Alternate. 

Salt Lake City. 



VERMONT. 

Middleton Goldsmith, Commissioner. 

Rutland. 

Henry Chase, Alternate. 

Lyndon. 



VIRGINIA. 

Walter W. Wood, Conwiissioner. 

Halifax Court House. 
Alternate. 



WASHINGTON TERRITORY. 
Elwood Evans, Commissioner 

Olympia. 

Alexander S. Abernethy, Alternate. 

Cowlitz County. 



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WEST VIRGINIA. 
Alex. R. Boteler, Commissioner. 

Shepherdstown. 

Andrew J. Sweeney, Alternate. 

Wheeling. 

WISCONSIN. 
David Atwood, Commissioner. 

Madison. 

Edward D. Holton, Alternate. 

Milwaukee. 

WYOMING. 
H. Latham, Commissioner. 

Laramie City. 

Robert H. Lamborn, Alternate. 

Philadelphia, Penna. 






BY-LAWS 



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ARTICLE I. 

Official Title. 

This body shall be known as " The United States Cen- 
tennial Commission," as provided for by the Act of Congress 
approved March 3, 187 1, and the celebration, for the con- 
duct of which the Commission is appointed, shall be known 
as " The International Exhibition of 1876." 

ARTICLE II. 

Quorum. 

A quorum for the transaction of business, shall consist of 
the Commissioners representing not less than a majority of 
the States and Territories. 

ARTICLE III. 

Power of Alternate Commissioner. 

An Alternate Commissioner shall have all the powers 
of a Commissioner when the Commissioner is not present at 
any meeting. When the Commissioner is present, the Alter- 
nate shall have all the powers of a Commissioner, but shall 
have no vote. 

ARTICLE IV. 

Officers of the Commission. 

The officers of the Commission shall consist of a Presi- 
dent, six Vice Presidents, a Secretary, and a Solicitor. Elec- 



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tions shall be by ballot, and shall be held during the annual 
session of the Commission in May, on such day of the session 
as the Commission shall, during its session, designate ; notice 
of which shall be given in open session, at least one day pre- 
ceding the holding the election. In case of a failure to elect 
at the time specified, the officers then serving shall continue 
until the choice of their successors. 

ARTICLE V. 

Executive Committee. 

An Executive Committee, to consist of thirteen mem- 
bers, shall be elected at the regular annual meeting of the 
Commission, who shall hold their offices one year, and until 
their successors are elected. 

When duly convened, five members shall constitute a 
quorum for business. It shall elect its own Chairman, ap- 
point its own Clerk, and such agents and employees as it 
shall deem necessary, and define their duties. 

The Committee shall cause to be kept a journal of all 
its proceedings, transactions, and votes ; shall have power to 
make such rules and regulations for its own government as 
it may deem proper ; shall act without delay on all matters 
referred to it by the Commission; and make report thereon to 
the Commission when in open session. 

During the sessions of the Commission, the Committee 
shall have all the powers usually exercised by the Executive 
Committees of Corporate bodies ; and in the recess of the 
Commission, shall have all the powers and authority of this 
Commission. In case of a vacancy in the Committee during 
the recess of the Commission, the same shall be filled by the 
President until action shall be taken thereon by the Comis- 
sion. 

The rulings of the Commission on any subject connec- 
ted with the Exhibition, shall be followed and carried out 
by the Executive Committee. 



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The papers, books, and journal of its proceedings shall 
at all times be subject to examination by the Commission, or 
by any member thereof. 

The Standing and other Committees shall report to the 
Executive Committee, when so requested (provided that it 
is not during the session of the Commission), the progress of 
the work of such Committee. 

The Chairman of the Executive Committee is authorized 
to refer to any Committee such matters as may come before 
it, and which should appropriately have been, or ought to 
be referred to a Committee during the recess of the Comis- 
sion. 

The Executive Committee shall, at the beginning of 
each session of the Commission, make full report of the pro- 
ceedings of the Committee. 

ARTICLE VI. 
Director General. 

For the more efficient conduct and management of the 
business of the Commission, the Executive Committee shall 
elect one of its own members, who shall be known and recog- 
nized as Director General; whose office shall be at the head- 
quarters of the Commission in Philadelphia; and whose duties, 
powers, and compensation, shall be fixed by said Committee. 

ARTICLE VII. 

Duties of the President. 

The President shall preside at all meetings of the Com- 
mission ; shall have all the authority and power of the pre- 
siding officer of a legislative body ; shall appoint all com- 
mitttees, unless otherwise ordered ; shall call special meet- 
ings of the Commission on his own motion, or on the request 
of the Executive Committee, or on the request in writing of 
at least thirteen Commissioners, of which meetings not less 



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than thirty days' notice shall be given to each member, by 
mail or telegraph ; he shall be ex-officio member of all com- 
mittees. 

ARTICLE VIII. 

Duties of the Vice-Presidents . 

A Vice-President shall, in the absence of the President, 
perform his duties, each taking precedence in accordance 
with the order of his election. 

ARTICLE IX. 

Duties of the Secretary. 

The Secretary shall conduct all correspondence of the 
Commission, and perform such duties as are incidental to the 
office of Treasurer; he shall receive and carefully file all 
documents relative to the business of the Commission; he 
shall be present at the office of the Commission, in the City 
of Philadelphia, and carry out any orders of the Commission 
or the Executive Committee ; he shall keep minutes of all 
transactions, and at each meeting, or when required, report 
all matters of interest to the Commission and the Executive 
Committee. All books, documents, and papers in his pos- 
session shall at all times be open to the inspection of any 
member. 

ARTICLE X. 
Payment of Moneys. 

No money shall be drawn from the treasury of the Com- 
mission except on specific appropriations made by the Com- 
mission or the Executive Committee, under such rules and 
restrictions as the Executive Committee shall prescribe. 

ARTICLE XL 
Standing Committees. 

There shall be appointed at each annual meeting, after 
the election of officers, the following named committees, 



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who shall serve until their successors are appointed : 

1. A Committee on Finance and Accounts. 

2. A Committee on Plans and Architecture. 

3. A Committee on Tariffs and Transportation. 

4. A Committee on Classification. 

5. A Committee on Foreign Affairs. 

6. . A Committee on Opening Ceremonies. 

7. A Committee on Arts and Sciences. 

8. A Committee on Manufactures. 

9. A Committee on Mining. 

10. A Committee on History, Literature, and Popular 
Education. 

11. A Committee on Commerce and Navigation. 

12. A Committee on Agriculture and Live Stock. 

13. A Committee on Legislation. 

14. A Committee on Horticulture and Floriculture. 

15. A Committee on Fisheries and Fish Culture. 

16. A Committee on Nomination of Secretaries of De- 
partments. 

Each Committee shall consist of seven members, and 
shall elect its own Chairman, of which notice shall be given 
to the Secretary. 

ARTICLE XII. 

Stated Meetings. 

The stated annual meeting of the Commission shall be 
held on the third Wednesday of May of each year, after 1873. 

ARTICLE XIII. 

Amendments to By-Laws. 

' Amendments to the by-laws shall only be made at a 
meeting of the Commission, as provided for in the fifth sec- 
tion of the Act of Congress. 



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ARTICLE XIV. 

Committee on Nomination of Secretaries of Divisions. 

Suitable persons shall be selected from time to time, as 
the necessities of the Exhibition shall require, to act as 
Secretaries of the various Divisions of the Exhibition, accor- 
ding to the classification ; and a Standing Committee of 
five, to be selected by the Chair, shall be constituted, by 
which such Secretaries shall be nominated, subject to confir- 
mation by the Executive Committee. 

ARTICLE XV. 
Limitation of Time for Occupying the Floor. 

At the meetings of the Commission, no member shall 
occupy the floor longer than ten minutes, unless by unan- 
imous consent. 



Copy of Act of Congress Creating the Commission, 

APPROVED MARCH 3, 187I. 



AN ACT 

To provide for celebrating the One Hundreth Anniversary of Ameri- 
can Independence , by holding an International Exhibition of Arts, 
Manufactures , and Products of the Soil and Mine, in the City of 
Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, in the year eighteen 
hundred and seventy-six. 

Whereas, The Declaration of Independence of the 
United States of America was prepared, signed, and promul- 
gated in the year seventeen hundred and seventy-six, in the 
City of Philadelphia; and whereas, it behooves the people of 
the United States to celebrate, by appropriate ceremonies, 
the centennial anniversary of this memorable and decisive 
event, which constituted the fourth day of July, Anno Domini 
seventeen hundred and seventy-six, the birthday of the 
nation ; and, whereas, it is deemed fitting that the comple- 
tion of the first century of our national existence shall be 
commemorated by an exhibition of the natural resources of 
the country and their development, and of its progress in 
those arts which benefit mankind, in comparison with those 
of older nations ; and, whereas, no place is so appropriate for 
such an exhibition as the city in which occurred the event 
it is designed to commemorate; and, whereas, as the exhibi- 
tion should be a national celebration, in which the people of 
the whole country should participate, it should have the 
sanction of the Congrass of the United States : Therefore, 

Section i. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of 
Representatives of the United States of America in Congress 



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assembled, That an exhibition of American and foreign arts, 
products, and manufactures, shall be held, under the auspices 
of the Government of the United States, in the City of Phila- 
delphia, in the year eighteen hundred and seventy-six. 

Section 2. That a Commission, to consist of not more 
than one delegate from each State, and from each Territory 
of the United States, whose functions shall continue until the 
close of the exhibition, shall be constituted, whose duty it 
shall be to prepare and superintend the execution of a plan 
for holding the exhibition ; and, after conference with the 
authorities of the City of Philadelphia, to fix upon a suitable 
site within the corporate limits of the said city, where the 
exhibition shall be held. 

Section 3. That said Commissioners shall be appoint- 
ed within one year from the passage of this Act, by the 
President of the United States, on the nomination of the 
governors of the States and Territories respectively. 

Section 4. That in the same manner there shall be 
appointed one Commissioner from each State and Territory 
of the United States, who shall assume the place and per- 
form the duties of such Commissioner and Commissioners as 
may be unable to attend the meetings of the Commission. 

Section 5. That the Commission shall hold its meet- 
ings in the City of Philadelphia, and that a majority of its 
members shall have full power to make all needful rules for 
its government. 

Section 6. That the Commission shall report to Con- 
gress, at the first session after its appointment, a suitable 
date for opening and for closing the exhibition; a schedule 
of appropriate ceremonies for opening or dedicating the same ; 
a plan or plans of the buildings ; a complete plan for the 
reception and classification of articles intended for exhibi- 



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tion ; the requisite custom -house regulations for the introduc- 
tion into this country of the articles from foreign countries 
intended for exhibition ; and such other matters as in their 
judgment may be important. 

Section 7. That no compensation for services shall be 
paid to the Commissioners or other officers provided by this 
Act from the Treasury of the United States ; and the United 
States shall not be liable for any expenses attending such 
exhibition, or by reason of the same. 

Section 8. That whenever the President shall be in- 
formed by the Governor of the State of Pennsylvania that 
provision has been made for the erection of suitable build- 
ings for the purpose, and for the exclusive control by the 
Commission herein provided for of the proposed exhibition, 
the President shall, through the Department of State, make 
proclamation of the same, setting forth the time at which the 
exhibition will open and the place at which it will be held ; 
and he shall communicate to the diplomatic representatives 
of all nations copies of the same, together with such regula- 
tions as may be adopted by the Commissioners, for publica- 
tion in their respective countries. 



Copy of an Act of Congress creating the Centennial Board of Finance, 
Approved June i, 1872. 



AN ACT 

Relative to the Centennial Iiztematioital Exhibition to be held in the 
City of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, in the year eighteen 
hundred and seventy-six. 

Whereas, Congress did provide by an Act entitled " An 
Act to provide for the celebrating the one hundreth anniver- 
sary of American independence, by holding an international 
exhibition of arts, manufactures, and products of the soil and 
mine, in the city of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, 
in the year eighteen hundred and seventy -six," approved 
March third, eighteen hundred and seventy- one, for the 
appointment of commissioners to promote and control the 
exhibition of the national resources and their development, 
and the nation's progress in arts which benefit mankind, and 
to suggest and direct appropriate ceremonies by which the 
people of the United Stales may commemorate that memora- 
ble and decisive event, the Declaration of American Inde- 
pendence by the Congress of the United Colonies, assembled 
in the city of Philadelphia, on the fourth day of July, Anno 
Domini seventeen hundred and seventy-six ; and whereas, 
such provisions should be made for procuring the funds 
requisite for the purposes aforesaid, as will enable all the 
people of the United States, who have shared the common 
blessings resulting from national independence, to aid in the 
preparation and conduct of said international exhibition, and 
memorial celebration under the direction of the commission- 
ers of the United States : Therefore, 



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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That there is hereby created a body corporate, to be known 
by the name of the Centennial Board of Finance, and by 
that name to have an incorporate existence until the object 
for which it is formed shall have been accomplished ; and it 
shall be competent to sue and be sued, plead and be im- 
pleaded, defend and be defended, in all courts of law and 
equity in the United States; and may make and have a 
corporate seal, and may purchase, take, have, and hold, and 
may grant, sell, and at pleasure dispose of all such real and 
personal estate as may be required in carrying into effect the 
provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled, " An Act to pro- 
vide for celebrating the one hundreth anniversary of Ameri 
can independence, by holding an international exhibition of 
arts and manufactures, and products of the soil and mine, in 
the city of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, in the 
year eighteen hundred and seventy-six," approved March 
third, eighteen hundred and seventy one, and all acts supple- 
mentary thereto ; and said Centennial Board of Finance 
shall consist of the following-named persons, their associates 
and successors, from the States and Territories as herein set 
forth : 

Alabama. — At large : Robert M. Patton, John W. Darr,. 
William H. Barnes, William Miller, Edward W. Pettus, 
Benjamin S. Turner. First district: John Hardy, J. M. 
Withers. Second district: E. R. Mitchell, Robert W. 
Healy. Third district : Oceola Kyle, Culen A. Battle. 
Fourth district: Joseph H. Speed, G. W. M. Golson. Fifth 
district : William H. Forney, Richard W. Walker. Sixth 
district: William H. Campbell, Charles Gibson. For addi- 
tional district : Josiah Morris, E. M. Keils. 

Arizona. — Augustus H. Whiting, Charles H. Lord. 



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Arkansas. — At large : A. W. Bishop, James Torrens, 
D. C. Casey, George R. Weeks. First district: John T. 
Jones, William R. Miller. Second district : Henry B. Morse, 
James W. Mason. Third district: Irving W. Fuller, 
Samuel W. Williams. For additional district: H. A. Mil- 
len, Joseph Stanley. 

California. — At large : A. S. Hallidie, Thomas H. Sel- 
by, George Oulton, Nathan Coombs. First district : Wil- 
liam C. Ralston, Mileon S. Latham. Second district : Leland 
Stanford, Edgar Mills. Third district : L. B. Mizner, John 
J. De Haven. For additional district: John G. Downey, T. 
Ellard Beans. 

Colorado.— D. H. Moffat, Jr., George W. Chilcott. 

Connecticttt. — At large : James G. Batterson, Benjamin 
Douglas, John F. Slater, Orrin Benedict, Eli Whitney. First 
district : Ward Cheney, George Maxwell. Second district : 
Charles Parker, Charles Atwater. Third district : John 
Tracy, Henry P. Haven. Fourth district : Nathaniel Whee- 
ler, E. Grove Lawrence. 

Dakota. — M. K. Armstrong, John A. Burbank. 

Delaware. — Henry G. Banning, Nathaniel Williams, 
Joseph P. Comegys, William Townsend, J. Turpin Moore, 
William D. Waples. 

District of Columbia. — Henry D. Cooke, Alexander R. 
Shepherd. 

Florida. — At large : John J. Philbrick, J. W. Maynard, 
M. L. Stears, Philip Walter, L. G. Dennis, E. M. Cheney. 
First district : F. C. Humphrey, S. Conant. 

Georgia. — At large : George S. Owen, B. C. Yancy, R. 
M. Stiles, J. O. Waddell. First district: P. M. Nightin- 



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gal, William J. Young. Second district : D. B. Harrell, E. 
G. Raiford. Third district: H. H. Carey, Samuel Hunt. 
Fourth district : James C. Freeman, L. N. Whittle. Fifth 
district: H. R. Casey, Pope Barrow. Sixth district : J. H. 
Nichols, J. B. Charlton. Seventh district: Thomas C. 
Howard, J. B. Towers. Eighth district : James Johnson, 
Alexander G. Murray. Ninth district : C. D. McCutchen, 
Joseph H. Wilkins. 

Idaho. — E. A. Stevenson, James H. Slater. 

Illinois. — At large : A. C. Babcock, James H. Bowen, 
John P. Reynolds, J. M. Gregory. First district : Thomas 
B. Bryan, George W. Gage. Second district : Henry Green- 
baum, R. T. Crane. Third district : Ezra B. McCagg, Clark 
W.Upton. Fourth district: William H. Hawkins, M. L. 
Joslyn. Fifth district: John H. Addams, George M. Plunt. 
Sixth district: E. L. Waterman, James C. Kercheval. 
Seventh district: W. H. Van Epps, E. D. Sweeney. Eighth 
district : Newbery L. Fort, James W. Strevell. Ninth dis- 
trict : Horace G. Anderson, Booth Nettleton. Tenth dis- 
trict: George W. Hall, James H. Reed. Eleventh dis- 
trict: James W. Singleton, J. M. Bash. Twelfth district: 
David A. Brown, John B. Ricks. Thirteenth district : 
George W. Funk, A. B. Nicholson. Fourteenth district: 
W. H. Barnes, David Bailey. Fifteenth district: James 
Steele, S. W. Moulton. Sixteenth district : Aaron H. H. 
Rountree, Charles Hoiles. Seventeenth district : Ernest 
Wider, John Irwin. Eighteenth district: George W. Wall, 
Daniel W. Munn. Nineteenth district : John Landrigan, 
Thomas S. Ridgway. 

Indiana. — At large : Franklin Keyes, William J. Ball, 
Edwin J. Peck, E. B. Martindale, Smith Vauter, John 
Brownfield. First district: Hamilton Smith, Charles Viele. 
Second district: Washington C. de Pauw, Jesse J. Brown. 






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Third district: Thomas Gaff, James B. Foley. Fourth 
district: George C. Clark, Jesse P. Liddall. Fifth district: 
William Wallace, Theodore R. Haughey. Sixth district: 
R. W.Thompson, John J. Key. Seventh district: William 
H. Levering, Henry Y. Morrison. Eighth district: Her- 
man E. Sterne, James L. Evans. Ninth district: Jesse L. 
Williams, David Kilgore. Tenth district: John B. Howe, 
David Rippy. Eleventh district. George Milburn, Sidney 
Kieth. For additional district: John W. Grubbs, Godlove 
S. Orth. 

Iowa. — At large: Samuel Murdock, L. W. Ross, J. 
M. Shaffer: F. R. West. First district: James Putnam, 
Arthur Bridgman. Second district: Milo Smith, John Hel- 
singer. Third district: Benjamin B. Richards, James H. 
Easton. Fouith district: S. H. Curtis, J. B. Powers. Fifth 
district: John F. Ely, John P. Irish. Sixth district: H. S. 
Winslow, H. Tannehill. Seventh district: B. F. Murray, 
P. Gad Bryan. Eighth district: William Hale, Wayne 
Stennitt. Ninth district: E. R. Kirk, N. B. Hyatt. 

Kansas.— Orrin T. Welch, Edward Blair, H. W. Gil- 
lett, George A. Crawford, Jacob Stotler, William A. Phillips, 
E. P. Purcell, Charles Robinson, F. G. Adams, James De 
Long. 

Kentucky. — At large: Lucius Desha, Ignatius Spalding, 
J. Stoddard Johnson, William W. Beckham. First distrijt: 
C. Gilbert, F. W. Darby. Second district: Lucius P. 
Little, W. W. Kendall. Third district: John Burnham, 
A. G. Rhea. Fourth district: John M. Atherton, James 
Montgomery. Fifth district: John G. Baxter, R. S. Veech. 
Sixth district: James B. Casey, Joseph C. Hughes. Seventh 
listrict: Sandford Lyne, Robert Gale. Eighth district: 
Jayson Walker, Thomas W. Varnon. Ninth district : Joseph 
Gardner, A. Daniel. Tenth district: Thornton F. Marshall, 
James L. Warring. 



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Louisiana. — At large: Isaac N. Marks, William D. 
Wylie, C. H. Slocomb, John R. Clay, Elbert Gault, Moses 
II. Crowell. First district: Effingham Lawrence, C. E. 
Girardey. Second district: S. H. Kennedy, A. D. Voisin. 
Third district : A. J. Sypher, P. T. Beauregard. Fourth 
district: George Williamson, A. B. Levisse. Fifth district: 
A. W. Merriam, J. Frank Pargoud. 

Maine. — At large: Abner Coburn, Philander J. Car- 
leton, Henry E. Prentis, William L. Putnam. First district : 
Joshua L. Chamberlain, William P. Haines. Second dis- 
trict: Josiah G. Coburn, James T. Patten. Third district: 
Anson P. Morrill, Edmund Wilson. Fourth district: George 
W. Ladd, Charles Shaw. Fifth district: Charles B. Paine, 
Charles B, Hazeltine. 

Alaryland. — At large : Daniel R. Magruder, Henry 
Tyson, Ferdinand C. Latrobe, Thomas A. Spencer. First 
district: Isaac C. W. Powell, James N. Dennis. Second 
district : Alexander Evans, Edward Spencer. Third district : 
James A. Henderson, William M. Marine. Fourth district: 
P. P. Pendleton, Enoch Pratt. Fifth district : Thomas 
Donaldson, Eli I. Henkle. Sixth district : J. Alfred Ritter, 
R. D. Johnson. 

Massachusetts. — At large : Robert C. Winthrop, Alex- 
ander H. Bullock, William Claflin, John M. Forbes. First 
district : William J. Rotch, J. B. D. Cogswell. Second dis- 
trict : Theodore Dean, Charles H. French. Third district: 
Alexander H. Rice, William Lloyd Garrison. Fourth dis- 
trict : Charles L. Woodbury, Rufus S. Frost. Fifth district : 
Addison Gilbert, William N. Cushing. Sixth dirtrict : 
Cyrus Wakefield, George O. Brastow. Seventh district : 
Daniel S. Richardson, Leverett Saltonstall. Eighth district : 
P. Emery Aldrich, Daniel Waldo Lincoln. Ninth district : 
H. S. Knight, Charles A. Stevens. Tenth district : Ensign 



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H. Kellogg, Chester W. Chapin. For additional district: 
J. Wiley Edmands, Emory Washburn. 

Michigan. — At large : D. H. Jerome, F. B. Stockbridge, 
Hezekiah G. Wells, George Willard. First district : Ben. 
Vernor, George F. Bagley. Second district: E. O. Gros- 
venor, C. H. Miller. Third district: Amos Root, Henry 
C. Lewis. Fourth District: Germain H. Mason, F. W. 
Curtenius. Fifth district : Hampton Rich, Charles T. Hill. 
Sixth district : W. M. McConnell, E. H. Thomson. Sev- 
enth district: John Divine, Henry Stephens. Eighth dis- 
trict: Alfred F. R. Braley, James Shearer. Ninth district: 
Hiram A. Burt, Perry Hannah. 



Minnesota. — At large : H. H. Sibley, Thomas Foster, 
Thomas Simpson, E. A. McMahon. First district : Sherman 
Page, H. H. Johnson. Second district: Ignatius Donnelly, 
George W. Batchelder. Third district : Russel Blakely, 
Paris Gibson. 

Mississippi. — At large : E. G. Peyton, J. F. Simmons, 
H. R. Pease, Samuel Young. First district: E. C. Gillen- 
waters, Paul Barrenger. Second district : Marion Campbell, 
S. S. Fairfield. Third district: A. P. Huggins, Robert 
Gleed. Fourth district: J. A. P. Campbell, A. Warner. 
Fifth district: James M. McKee, Charles Caldwell. Sixth 
district: John R. Lynch, John D. Moore. 

Missouri. — At large : Samuel L. Sawyer, William H. 
Newland, William G. Eliott, C. F. Lohman. First district: 
Henry Overstolz, W. H. Stone. Second district: Henry 
T. Blow, A. Krieckhaus. Third district: Ed. Harrison, A. 
D. Leach. Fourth district: N. H. Dale, P. S. Sinclair. 
Fifth district: Nelson C. Burch, A. D. Jaynes. Sixth dis- 
trict: E. H. Norton, Alexander W. Doniphan. Seventh 
district : William R. Penick, Phillip A. Thompson. Eighth 
district : John M. Glover, John H. Williams. Ninth dis- 



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trict : William A. Alexander, Charles H. Harden. For 
four additional districts : L. J. Matthews, Joseph L. Ste- 
phens, J. P. Strother, Thomas D. Neal, Arthur B. Barrett, 
James Shields, Louis V. Bogy, Samuel Gaty. 

Montana. — Granville Stuart, Frank Culver. 

Nebraska. — At large : John I. Redick, J. B. Weston, D. 
Remick, A. J. Cropsey. First district: E. H. Rogers, Alvin 
Saunders. 

Nevada.— K\. large: F. A. Fritle, J. W. Haines, C. 
H. Eastman, Benjamin H. Meader. First district: Frank 
Tilford, S. H. Wright. 

New Hampshire. — At large : Person C. Cheeney, Geo. 
W. Burleigh, Dexter Richards, David Gillis. First district: 
Albert R. Hatch, Samuel M. Wheeler. Second district: 
James A. Weston, George Y. Sawyer. Third district: 
Harry Bingham, Samuel W. Hale. 

New Jersey. — At large : Joel Parker, Charles S. Olden, 
Marcus L.Ward, Theodore F. Randolph. First district: 
Thomas H. Whitney, Thomas R. McKeen. Second dis- 
trict : Charles Hewitt, Gershom Mott. Third district : James 
Bishop, Amos Clark, Jr. Fourth district : William Cowen, 
Charles Sitgreaves. Fifth district : Louis B. Cobb, Abram 
S. Hewitt. Sixth district : Thomas B. Peddie, George 
Peters. Seventh district : Benjamin G. Clark, Aenas Fitz- 
patrick. 

New Mexico.— A. P. Sullivan, C. P. Clever. 

New York. — At large : George Opdyke, Andrew D. 
White, Ira Harris, John A. King, Philo Remington, Perrin 
H. McGraw. First district : Stephen Taber, Erastus Brooks. 
Second district : Alexander Cunningham, William P. Libby. 
Third district : Edward Rowe, William I. Buddington. 



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Fourth district : Robert Macoy, George Ricard. Fifth dis- 
trict : E. J. Shandly, James Hays. Sixth district : John A. 
Hardenbergh, Douglas Taylor. Seventh district: Herman 
Uhl, Charles E. Loew. Eighth district: Edward Cooper, 
William C. Barrett. Ninth district: Mathew T. Breunan, 
Henry W. Genet. Tenth district: Saxton Smith, William 
H. Robertson. Eleventh district: John Conkling, James W. 
Taylor. Twelfth district: John P. Adriance, Charles H. 
Stott. Thirteenth district; J. H. Meech, Thomas Cornell. 
Fourteenth district; Robert H. Waterman, Joseph C. Y. 
Page. Fifteenth district: A. H. Griswolds, C. W. Ingals. 
Sixteenth district: George V. Hoyle, Winslow C. Watson. 
Seventeenth district: William Andrus, Edwin W. Foster. 
Eighteenth district: Thomas B. Mitchell, Horace E. Smith. 
Nineteenth district: Henry R. Mygatt, James H. Graham. 
Twentieth district: William W. Taggart, Henry E. Turner. 
Twenty-first district: Samuel Campbell, P. C. Costello. 
Twenty-second district: Henry Ten Eyck, A. H. Failing. 
Twenty-third district: R. Nelson Gere, Conrad Shoemaker. 
Twenty-fourth district: Alexander Gilchrist, Fred. L. Man- 
ning. Twenty-fifth district: Archibald Kennedy, James C. 
Smith. Twenty-sixth district: Abraham Lawrence, Benja- 
min N. Loomis. Twenty-seventh district: Rufus Scott, S. 
M.Thatcher. Twenty-eighth district: Joseph M. Cornell, 
James H. Kelley. Twenty-ninth district: Benjamin Pringle, 
Thomas T. Flagler. Thirtieth district: Pascal P. Pratt, 
William G. Fargo. Thirty-first district: Alonzo F. Hawley, 
Charles D. Murray. For two additional districts: John P. 
Acker, Daniel Pratt, Socrates N. Sherman, Winfield S. 
Cameron. 

North Carolina. — At large: D. M. Barringer, E. R. 
Spaulding, W. M. Shipp, Louis Hilliard. First district:- 
Walter Clark, John M. Bateman. Second district: John 
Robinson, John Norneet. Third district: Edward Kidder, 



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John D. Williams. Fourth district : Kemp P. Battle, Isaac 
J. Young. Fifth district: A. M. Scales, Mont ford McGee. 
Sixth district: H. W. Guion, David Schenck. Seventh dis- 
trict: Joseph W. Hall, N. S. Williams. Eighth district: 
W. W. Rollins, Thomas L. Clingman. 

O/zzo.—At large: Edward F. Noyes, B. F. Wade, Wil- 
liam Allen, William S. Groesbeck, Martin Welker, Peter 
Odlin. First district: Anthony D. Bullock, Herbert Jenny. 
Second district: John K. Green, Charles Reemelin. Third 
district: Ed. A. Parrott, Durbin Ward. Fourth district: 
James Taylor, Geo. Keifer. Fifth district: William Sawyer, 
Charles C. Marshall. Sixth district: James Wilson, William 
O'Collins. Seventh district: William Dennison, Richard 
A. Harrison. Eighth district: Willard S. Hickox, Isaac H. 
Pennock. Ninth district: E. B. Saddler, John Gardiner. 
Tenth district: Richard Mott, W. V. Way. Eleventh dis- 
trict: Cyrus Ellison, L. C. Damarin. Twelfth district: 
William L. Sullivant, W. Marshall Anderson. Thirteenth 
district: Charles Cooper, William P. Reid. Fourteenth 
district : Harrison G. Blake, Norton S. Townsend. Fifteenth 
district: Valentine B. Horton, Joshua Davis. Sixteenth 
district : Charles P. Dewey, William M. Farrar. Seventeenth 
district : Cornelius Aultman, Joel Sharp. Eighteenth dis- 
trict : Amos Townsend, Lewis Miller. Nineteenth district : 
Henry B. Perkins, M. C. Canfield. 

Oregon. — At large : A. B. Meacham, S. Ellsworth, 
T. F. McPatten, L. F. Lane. First district: A. C. Gibbs, 
A. PL Brown. 

Pennsylvania. — At large : Edwin H. Filler, Jonathan 
R. Lowrie, William Colder, William 'M. Lyon, John H. 
Michener, Dr. Joshua Y. Jones. First district : R. Rundle 
Smith, Robert Nebinger. Second district : Joseph F. Tobias, 
Charles J. Slille. Third district : John L. Shoemaker, 



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Henry D. Welsh. Fourth district : Matthew Baird, William 
Sellers. Fifth district: Lucius P. Thompson, H. T. 
Darlington. Sixth district: John Tracy, George H. Rupp. 
Seventh district: S. B. Worth, James M. Wilcox. Eighth 
district : Isaac Eckert, Henry Bushong. Ninth district : 
James Myers, George M. Steinman. Tenth district : 
Benjamin Bannan, G. Dawson Coleman. Eleventh district: 
S. S. Dreher, E. J. Fox. Twelfth district : J. W. Hollenback, 
J. B. McCollum. Thirteenth district: M. C. Mercur, 
Thomas Beaver. Fourteenth district : William Cameron, 
Henry McCormick. Fifteenth district: C. J. T. Mclntire, 
John Gibson. Sixteenth district : Henry J. Stahle, Samuel 
Philson. Seventeenth district: David McMurtrie, David 
Watson. Eighteenth district: M. F. Elliott, H. C. Parsons. 
Nineteenth district : W T illiam L. Scott, John Patton. Twen- 
tieth district : James Pierce, Joseph H. Marston. Twenty- 
first district: H. P .Laird, Silas M. Clark. Twenty-second 
district : Alexander Bradley, C. W. Batchelor. Twenty- 
third district: James M. Cooper, J. N. Purviance. Twenty- 
fourth district: George C. Reis, W. T. H. Pauley. For 
two additional districts : John W. Forney, Charles M. Hall, 
Alfred Hindekooper, Daniel M. Fox. 

Rhode Island. — At large : William L. Slater, Albert S. 
Gallup, Ambrose E. Burnside, James Y. Smith. First 
district : Charles S. Bradley, John O. Waterman. Second 
district: George H. Browne, Horace Babcock. 

Sotith Carolina. — At large : John D. Caldwell, Alva 
Gage, Stanley G. Trott, James D. Treadwell. First district: 
C. W. Dudley, S. A. Swails. Second district : W. H. 
Bernie, Henry Buist. Third district : F. L. Cardozo, 
L. Cass Carpenter. Fourth district: A. W. Cummings, 
Y. J P. Owens. 

Tennessee. — At large : John C. Brown, W. H. Stephens, 
John Netherland, A. B. Shankland, David A. Nunn, M. V. 



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Nash. First district: M. S. Temple, W. C. Kyle. Second 
district : Jacob R. Ludlow, James M. Meek. Third district : 
James Sevier, M. L. McConnell. Fourth district': James B. 
Lamb, John W. Burton. Fifth district: John W. Head, 
Robert Cantrell. Sixth district : A. .M. Looney, Thomas 
McNeilly. Seventh district : D. N. Kennedy, James D. 
Porter. Eighth district: G. B. Black, F. B. Ragland. 
Ninth district : M. D. L. Stewart, Isaac M. Steele. 

Texas.— At large: W. K. Marshall, S. W. March, 
Ashbol Smith, Frederick Peterson. First district : E. B. 
Picket, John C. Robertson. Second district : E. W. Taylor, 
S. Hare. Third district : Richard Coke, Jerome B. 
Robertson. Fourth district : Joseph D. Sayers, John Ireland. 
For two additional districts : C. C. Binkley, John J. Good, 
Peter W. Gray, F. L. Stockdale. 

Utah. — Abraham O. Smoot, Horace S. Eldredge. 

Vermont.— Yiox&ttt Fairbanks, Lawrence Brainard, 
Lawrence Barnes, George A. Merrill, H. G. Root, Jacob 
Estey, Luther Baker, Frederick Billings, Henry Chase, 
Henry Lane. 

Virginia. — At large : John L. Mary e, John A. Campbell, 
C. Y. Thomas, Lewis Webb. First district: Louis C. H. 
Finney, John T. Seawell. Second district : Andrew 
Washburne, James M. Donnan. Third district: Samuel F. 
Maddox, Joseph M. Humphries. Fourth district : George 
H. Southall, W. W. Forbes. Fifth district: William L. 
Cochran, Thomas Whitehead. Sixth district : Moses Walton, 
John Letcher. Seventh district : Robert Y. Conrad, Hugh 
W. Sheffy. Eighth district: Edgar Snowden, Matthew 
Harrison. Ninth district: R. T. Bowen, James W. Sheffy. 

West Virginia. — At large: Henry K. List, James H. 
Brown, J. N. Camden, Thomas Sweeney. First district: 



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Lewis Applegate, Jonathan M. Bennett. Second district : 
Francis H. Pierpoint, J. Nelson Wisner. Third district: 
William A. Quarrier, J. M. McWhorter. 

Wisconsin. — At large : C. C. Washburn e, Alexander 
Mitchell, Tim. O. Howe, Charles A. Eldridge. First 
district: J. J. Case, James H. Howe. Second district: 
D. Hall, Joshua J. Guppey. Third district: John Lawler, 
J. C. Halloway. Fourth district: Angus Smith, D. W. 
Maxon. Fifth district : Charles Burchard, Joseph Vilas. 
Sixth district: Andrew E. Elmore, Samuel M. Hay. 
Seventh district: Dudley J. Spaulding, D. A. Baldwin, 
Eighth District: Thad. C. Pround, Walter D. Mclndo. 

Washington. — Selucius Garfielde, Toussant Mesplie. 

Wyoming. — William A. Carter, John A. Campbell. 

Section 2. That the said corporation shall have 
authority, and is hereby empowered to secure subscriptions 
of capital stock to an amount not exceeding ten million 
dollars, to be divided into shares of ten dollars each, and to 
issue to the subscribers of said stock certificates therefor 
under the corporate seal of said corporation, which certifi- 
cates shall bear the signature of the president and treasurer, 
and be transferable under such rules and regulations as may 
be made for the purpose. And it shall be lawful for any 
municipal or other corporate body existing by or under the 
laws of the United States, to subscribe and pay for shares of 
said capital stock ; and all holders of said stock shall become 
associates in said corporation, and shall be entitled to one 
vote on each share. And it shall be the duty of the United 
States Centennial Commission to prescribe rules to enable 
absent stockholders to vote by proxy. The proceeds of said 
stock, together with the receipts from all other sources, shall 
be used by said corporation for the erection of suitable 
buildings, with their appropriate fixtures and appurtenances, 



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and for all other expenditures required in carrying out the 
objects of the said act of Congress of March third, eighteen 
hundred and seventy-one, and which may be incident thereto. 
And the said corporation shall keep regular minutes of its 
proceedings, and full accounts, with the vouchers thereof, of 
all the receipts and expenditures, and the same shall be 
always open to the inspection of the United States Centennial 
Commission, or any member thereof. 

Section 3. That books of subscription shall be opened by 
the United States Centennial Commission, under such rules as 
it may prescribe ; and an opportunity shall be given, during a 
period of one hundred days, to the citizens of each State and 
Territory to subscribe for stock to an amount not exceeding 
its quota, according to its population ; after which period of 
one hundred days, stock not taken may be sold to any person 
or persons, or corporation willing to purchase the same. 

Section 4. That after the expiration of said period of 
one hundred days, the United States Centennial Commission 
shall issue a call for a meeting by publication in one or more 
newspapers published at the capital of each State and 
Territory, not less than thirty days prior thereto, of the 
corporators and all others who may then have subscribed for 
stock, to be held in the City of Philadelphia, for the 
purpose of electing a board of directors, to consist of 
twenty-five stockholders, whose term of office shall bs one 
year, and until their successors shall have been qualified ; at 
which meeting those who may be present in person or by 
proxy, of whom one hundred shall constitute a quorum, shall 
be competent to organize and elect said officers. The said 
board of directors, and every subsequent board, shall be 
chosen by the stockholders, out of a list of one hundred 
stockholders, selected and nominated by the United States 
Centennial Commission. Nine members of the board of 



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directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of 
business, but no election or change of officers shall take 
place unless at a meeting of the board of directors, at which 
a majority shall be present. 

Section 5. That the said board of directors shall 
elect, from its own number, a president and two vice-presi- 
dents, whose term of office shall be one year, and until their 
successors shall have been duly qualified, and shall appoint 
a treasurer, a secretary, and such other officers as may be 
required to carry out the purposes of the corporation ; which 
elected and appointed officers shall hold their respective 
offices during the pleasure of the board, receiving such 
compensation as the board may prescribe. And the board 
shall also adopt such by-laws, rules and regulations, for its 
own government, and for the governnent of its officers, as 
may be deemed expedient : Provided, That the same shall 
not be inconsistent with any act of Congress or the rules 
adopted by the United States Centennial Commission. 

Section 6. That as soon as the board of directors 
shall have been duly organized, as provided for in section 
five of this act, it shall be the duty of the United States 
Centennial Commission to deliver to the said board all stock 
subscription books, with the papers and records of any kind 
in its possession, pertaining to the same. 

Section 7. That the grounds for the exhibition shall 
be prepared and the buildings erected by the said corporation 
in accordance with the plans, which shall have been 
previously adopted by the United States Centennial Commis- 
sion, and the rules and regulations of said corporation, 
governing rates for " entrance " and " admission " fees, or 
otherwise affecting the rights, privileges, or interests of the 
exhibitors, or of the public, shall be fixed and established by 
the United States Centennial Commission ; and no grant 



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conferring rights or privileges of any description connected 
with the said grounds or buildings, or relating to said 
exhibition or celebration, shall be made without the consent 
of the United States Centennial Commission ; and said 
commission shall have power to control, change or revoke 
all such grants, and shall appoint all judges and examiners, 
and award all premiums. 

Section 8. That the Centennial Board of Finance 
shall have authority to issue bonds, not in excess of its 
capital stock, and secure the payment of the same, principal 
and interest, by mortgage upon its property and prospective 
income. 

Section 9. That it shall be the duty of the Secretary 
of the Treasury of the United States, as soon as practicable 
after the passage of this act, to cause to be prepared, in 
accordance with a design approved by the United States 
Centennial Commission and the Secretary of the Treasury, a 
sufficient number of certificates of stock to meet the require- 
ments of this act; and any person found guilty of counter- 
feiting, or attempting to counterfeit, or knowingly circulating 
false certificates of stock, herein authorized, shall be subject 
to the same pains and penalties as are or may be provided by 
law for counterfeiting United States Currency ; but nothing 
in this act shall be so construed as to create any liability of 
the United States, direct or indirect, for any debt or 
obligation incurred, nor for any claim, by the centennial 
international exhibition, or the corporation hereby created, 
for aid^or pecuniary assistance from Congress or the treasury 
of the United States, in support or liquidation of any debts 
or obligations created by the corporation herein authorized : 
And provided, That nothing in this act shall be so construed 
as to override or interfere with the laws of any State ; and all 
contracts made in any State for the purposes of the centen- 



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nial international exhibition shall be subject to the laws 
thereof: And provided further, That no member of said 
Centennial Board of Finance assumes any personal liability 
for any debt or obligation which may be created or incurred 
by the corporation authorized by this act. 

.Section io. That as soon as practicable, after the said 
exhibition shall have been closed, it shall be the duty of said 
corporation to convert its property into cash, and, after the 
payment of all its liabilities, to divide its remaining assets 
among its stockholders, pro rata, in full satisfaction and 
discharge of its capital stock. And it shall be the duty of the 
Uniied States Centennial Commission to supervise the closing 
up of the affairs of said corporation, to audit its accounts, 
and submit, in a report to the President of the United States, 
the financial results of the Centennial Exhibition. 

Section ii. That the commission created by the act 
referred to in the preamble of this act is hereby made and 
constituted a body politic and corporate in law, with power 
to do such acts, and to enter into such obligations as may be 
promotive of the purposes for which such commission was 
established. Its title shall be the United States Centennial 
Commission. It shall have a common and corporate seal, 
and possess all the rights incident to corporate existence. 

Section 12. That the alternate commissioners appoin- 
ted pursuant to section four of the act approved March third, 
eighteen hundred and seventy-one, referred to in the preamble 
to this act, shall have all the powers of a commissioner when 
the commissioner is not present at any meeting. When the 
commissioner is present the alternate may participate in the 
debates and serve on committees, but shall have no vote. 
The appointment of all commissioners and alternate commis- 
sioners made since March third, eighteen hundred and 
seventy-two, are hereby ratified . and confirmed ; and all 



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vacancies now existing, or which may hereafter exist, whether 
by death, resignation, removal from the State or Territory, or 
otherwise, shall be filled, at any time hereafter, in like 
manner as is provided in said act of March third, eighteen 
hundred and seventy-one, for the appointment of commis- 
sioners. 

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Section 13. That it shall be the duty of the United 
States Centennial Commission to make report, from time to 
time, to the President of the United States, of the progress 
of the work, and in a final report present a full exhibit of 
the result of the United States Centennial Celebration and 
Exhibition of eighteen hundred and seventy-six. 

Approved, June 1, 1872. 



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OFFICERS 

OF THE 

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President, 

John Welsh, Philadelphia. 

Vice Presidents. 

William Sellers, Philadelphia. 

William H. Appleton, New York. 

Directors, 

John Cummins, Massachusetts. 

John Gorham, Rhode Island. 

Abraham S. Hewitt, New Jersey. 

Charles W. Cooper, Pennsylvania. 

John L. Barbour, Virginia. 

Robert M. Patton, Alabama. 

C. C. Washburn, Wisconsin. 

Benj. F. Allen, Iowa. 

Daniel M. Fox, Philadelphia. 

John Edgar Thomson, Philadelphia. 

Joseph Patterson, Philadelphia. 

Samuel M. Felton, Pennsylvania. 

W t illiam V. McKean, Philadelphia. 

Edwin H. Fitler, Philadelphia. 

Thomas Cochran, Philadelphia. 

N. Parker Shortridge, Philadelphia. 

James M. Robb, Philadelphia. 

Edward T. Steel, Philadelphia. 

Clement M. Biddle, Philadelphia. 

John Wanamaker, . Philadelphia. 

John Price Wether ill, Philadelphia. 

Secretary and Treasurer, 

Frederick Fraley, Philadelphia. 



COMMITTEES OF THE DIRECTORS. 



Executive Committee. 

JOHN WELSH, WILLIAM SELLERS, 

WILLIAM H. APPLETON, JOSEPH PATTERSON, 

N. PARKER SHORTRIDGE, DANIEL M. FOX. 



Finance and Accounts. 

JOSEPH PATTERSON, WILLIAM V. McKEAN. 

SAML. M. FELTON, ABRAHAM S. HEWITT, 

CHAS. W. COOPER. 



Subscriptions and Payments. 

N. PARKER SHORTRIDGE, ROBERT M. PATTON, 

CLEMENT M. BIDDLE, C. C. WASHBURN, 

JOHN CUMMINS, EDWARD T. STEEL, 

JAMES M. ROBB, JOHN WANAMAKER, 

JOHN PRICE WETHERILL, THOMAS COCHRAN, 



Grounds, Plans and Buildings. 



WILLIAM SELLERS, J. EDGAR THOMSON, 

JOHN GORHAM, JOHN S. BARBOUR, 

EDWIN H. FITLER. 



Law and Conference. 



DANIEL M. FOX, THOMAS COCHRAN, 

BENJAMIN F. ALLEN. 



Printing and Advertising. 



THOMAS COCHRAN, CLEMENT M. BIDDLE, 

EDWIN H. FITLER. 



BY-LAWS 



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ARTICLE I. 

Officers of the Board. 

The officers of the Board shall be a President and two 
Vice Presidents, whose term of office shall be one year, and 
until their successors shall be chosen. 

ARTICLE II. 

Quorum. 

Nine members of the Board of Directors shall consti- 
tute a quorum for the transaction of business, but no election 
or change of officers shall be made except at a meeting of 
the Board of Directors, at which a majority shall be present. 

ARTICLE III. 

Election of Treasurer. 

A Treasurer shall be elected annually by the Board, but 
shall hold his office at the pleasure of the Board. 

ARTICLE IV. 

Election of Secretary . 

A Secretary shall be elected annually by the Board, but 
shall hold his office at the pleasure of the Board. 



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ARTICLE V. 

Duties of the President. 

The President shall preside at all meetings of the Board, 
and shall appoint all committees, unless otherwise directed, 
and shall at his own discretion, or by request of any two 
Directors, call special meetings of the Board, giving ten 
days' notice thereof. He shall be ex-officio a member of all 
standing committees, and shall have all the power and 
authority incident to his office. 

In the absence of the President, a Vice President, if 
either be present, shall perform his duties, and in their absence 
the Board may appoint a President pro tern. 

ARTICLE VI. 

Duties of the Treasurer. 

The Treasurer shall place all moneys of the Centennial 
Board of Finance in such depositories as shall be selected 
by the Board, and no moneys shall be drawn from the depos- 
itories or paid by the Treasurer except on warrants ordered 
to be drawn by the Board, which warrants shall be signed 
by the President or by the Chairman of the Finance Com- 
mittee, and shall be attached to the check of the Treasurer. 
He shall keep an account of all receipts and expenditures, 
and shall report at each stated meeting of the Board the bal- 
ance in each depository. 

He shall also report quarterly to the Board, or oftener if 
required, a detailed statement of all receipts and expendi- 
tures. His books shall at all times be open to the inspection 
of any member of the Board, or of the United States Cen- 
tennial Commission. 

In addition to his duties as Treasurer, he shall also per- 
form such other services as the Board may prescribe. 



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ATRICLE VII. 

Duties of the Secretary. 

The Secretary shall receive, file and carefully preserve 
all papers, property of the Board, and shall attend the meet- 
ings of the Board or any of its committees, when requested; 
shall keep minutes of the proceedings of the Board or any 
of its committees, and shall discharge such other duties as 
the Board or its President may direct. 

ARTICLE VIII. 

Executive Committee. 

The President, Vice President and the Chairmen of the 
several Standing Committees shall constitute an Executive 
Committee, and shall have full authority under the direction 
of the Board, to take such action in regard to its business as 
a majority of said committee may deem necessary or expe- 
dient, and report it to the next succeeding meeting of the 
Board. 

ARTICLE IX. 

Standing Committees. 

*As soon as practicable after the organization of the 
Board, by the election of its officers, the President shall 
appoint the following standing committees: 

i. A Committee of Finance and Accounts of five 
directors. 

2. A Committee on Subscriptions and Payments of 
Centennial Stock of nine directors. 

3. A Committee on Grounds, Plans and Buildings of 
five directors. 

4. A Committee on Law and conference of three 
directors. 



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ARTICLE X. 
Duties of the Committee on Finance and Accounts. 

The Committee on Finance and Accounts shall con- 
sider and report on all subjects relating to the providing, 
reception, custody and payment of moneys, and shall super- 
vise and direct the Treasurer in regard to his duties, shall 
examine his accounts at least once in every month, compare 
the vouchers with his entry, and report the result to the 
Board. 

ARTICLE XL 

Stated Meetings. 

Stated meetings of the Board shall be held on the first 
and third Thursday of every month, at 9 j^ o'clock, A. M., 
and special meetings shall be held as provided for in these 
By-Laws, when business shall be presented in order as fol- 
lows : 

1. Roll call. 

2. Reading minutes of previous meetings for correction 
or approval. 

3. Report of Secretary. 

4. Report of Treasurer. 

5. Reports of Standing Committees in order. 

6. Reports of Special Committees. 

7. Unfinished or postponed business. 

8. Any other business. 

All reports shall be made in writing, and all motions 
and resolutions, if the President so direct, shall be made in 
writing. 

No member of the Board shall occupy the floor in 
debate more than five minutes, except by unanimous consent 
of the Board. 



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ARTICLE XII. 

Vacancies. 

Vacancies in the Board, or its offices, may be filled by 
election by the Board, from nominations made at the next 
preceding meeting. 

ARTICLE XIII. 

Amendments. 

Additions or amendments to these by-laws may be made 
at any stated meeting of the Board next following that when 
such additions or amendments may have been proposed, but 
no amendments or change in the by-laws shall be made ex- 
cept at a meeting at which a majority of the Board shall be 
present, and all the directors shall have been notified by the 
Secretary of the proposed change or addition, and it shall 
require the vote of two-thirds of those present to approve 
such amendment. 

ARTICLE XIV. 

Rules of Order and Parliamentary Law. 

The meetings of this Board shall be conducted accord- 
ing to the rules of parliamentary proceedings in Cushing's 
Manual. 



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